4. They plotted together in order that they might seize Yeshua by stealth and kill Him.
5. “But not during the festival,” they were saying, “so there won’t be a riot among the people.”
6. Now while Yeshua was in Bethany at the house of Simon ha-Metzora,
7. a woman came up to Him with an alabaster jar of very expensive oil. And she poured it on His head as He was reclining at the table.
8. But when the disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste?
9. It could have been sold for a lot, and the money given to the poor!”
10. But Yeshua, knowing this, said to them, “Why do you cause trouble for this woman? She’s done Me a mitzvah.